kdebase doen't depend on xdm. dpkg --status kdebase Package: kdebase Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: contrib/x11 Installed-Size: 9691 Maintainer: Stephan Kulow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Version: 4:1.1.1-19990822-1 Depends: menu (>= 1.5-5), kdelibs2g (>= 4:1.1.1-19990817-1), libc6 (>= 2.1), libjpeg62, libncurses4 (>= 4.2-3.1), libpng2, libstdc++2.10, libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1, libtiff3g, qt1g (>= 1.44-4), xlib6g (>= 3.3.3.1-1), xpm4g (>= 3.4j-0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.3), rman, xfree86-common Suggests: kdewallpapers, kdm, kdeadmin, kdegames, kdegraphics, kdemultimedia, kdenetwork, kdetoys, kdeutils, korganizer, kdebase-doc, kdebase-i18n, xbase-clients
> > Can anyone tell me why the kdebase package depends on xdm? > > > Also, what's the "right" way to display xdm without removing > the package? > > > (I want to try out KDE, but don't want to use xdm.) > > > Thanks,
